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Punisher05
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Greetings all! My first post, but I've been lurking for a while. I figured y'all would like to hear about this one.

The D-Day museum (excuse me, National WWII Museum) is getting a C-47 that participated in Normandy, Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Varsity. According to the article I read, they got it on EBay for about $150,000 and put another 50K into it to get it where it is now. She flew into Lakefront airport a few days ago and went on display. Her last flight is scheduled for the 9th of September with reenactors on board; after that, it's off to the museum.

Some photos, enjoy! And I'm glad to be here!

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Aircraft Mech Paul
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Hi all,

Nice to see that they are gonna preserve and actual combat vet rather than, as so many seem to be headed, letting it go down hill to the point of scrapping the airframe. Thanks for posting the pic's.

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Eeh, I messed up when I resized them. I'll try again and repost. You could originally count the cooling vanes in that engine shot!
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aaahhh, they kept the toothpick props!!!!!!! When i knew her here in burlington, she had the paddleboards

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When did she leave Hondo? Would have liked to see her before she left once more>
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Photos, round 2.

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She looks beautiful glad to see they have a nice indoor facility to display her.
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